Device for securing the gun-barrels or the cradles of portable guns in the traveling position.



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No. 809,819. PATBNTED JAN. 9, 1906. 0 LAUBER & K. THIBLE.

DEVICE FOR SECURING THE GUN BARRELS OR THE ORADLES 0P PORTABLE GUNS INTHE TRAVELING POSITION.

APPLICATION FILED MAY31', 1905.

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OTTO LAUBER, OF ESSEN-ON-THE-RUHR, AND KARL THIELE, OF BORBEOK, NEARESSEN-ON-THE-RUHR, GERMANY, ASSIGNORS TO FRIED. KR-UPPAKTIENGESELLSOHAFT, OF ESSEN-ON-THE-RUHR, GERMANY.

DET/ICE FOR SECURING THE GUN-BARRELS OR THE CRADLES OF PORTABLE GUNS INTHE TRAVELING POSITION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1906.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, OrTo LAUBER, residing at Essen-on-the-Ruhr, andKARL THIELE, residing at Borbeck, near Essen-on-the-Ruhr, Germany,subjects of the German Emperor, have invented a certain new and usefulDevice for Securing the Gun-Barrels or the Cradles of Portable Guns inthe Traveling Position, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to devices for securing the gun-barrel orthe cradle of portable guns in the traveling position.

It is common in portable guns to use a device (lashing device) by meansof which the gun-barrel or the .cradle may be secured in the travelingposition independently of the elevating mechanism and the horizontaltraining mechanism in order to relieve the said mechanisms of the shocksto which they would otherwise be subjected by the gun during travel.

The object of the present invention is to provide a thoroughly-reliabledevice of the kind in question.

In the accompanying drawings we have by way of example shown oneembodiment of the invention applied to a recoil-gun.

Figure 1 shows a side view, partly in section, of the parts of the gunto which the invention relates, the cradle being secured in thetraveling position. Fig. 2 is a section, on an enlarged scale, on theline 2 2, Fig. 1, looking from the right. Fig. 3 is a side view of Fig.2 looking from the left. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4, Fig. 2,looking from the right. Fig. 5 is a view corresponding to Fig. 2, partlyin section, on the line 5 5, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 66, Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrow 0:; and Fig. 7 is aview corresponding to Fig. 3 with some of the parts in another position.

A indicates the cradle on which the gunbarrel B, Fig. 1, rests.

C, Fig. 1, is the cradle-carrier, and D is the mount. The cradle A iscapable of being swung with the gun-barrel relatively to thecradle-carrier C around the axis of the pivot a, Fig. 1,through themedium of the horizontal training mechanism, of which only thehand-wheel E, Fig. 1, is shown in the drawings. The cradle-carrier C isswingingly mounted on the wheel-axle d, Fig. 1, and is capable of beingelevated with the cradle through the medium of the elevating mechanismhaving the hand-wheel F, Fig. 1. The relative arrangement of the partsas above set forth is old.

The rear end of the box-shaped cradle is reinforced on the exterior bymeans of a channel-plate a and on the interior by means of a plate a Tothe mount D is riveted a bolster G, having its upper end formed into achannel-shaped seat. The arrangement and the shape of the seat, and inparticular its arms g, are such that it receives the rear end of thecradle without play when the cradle is in the traveling position.

"Acomparatively wide claw H is swingingly mounted on the bolster Gthrough the medium of a bolt J. (See in particular Fig. 5.) The claw His held against lateral movement by the side walls 9 and g of thebolster G, and its arrangement and shape are such that its part 7L3 canenter into engagement with the plate a of the cradle when the latter isin the traveling positi0nthat is to say, when it rests on the bolster Gbetween the arms g. It is advisable to provide the claw H with anengaging face it, Figs. 4 and 7, that is concentric with the axis of thebolt J, and to provide the plate a with a corresponding engaging face a,Fig. 4, in order to obtain tight engagement between the claw H and plate(1 The claw H is connected to the bolt J by means of an angular portioni, Figs. 5 and 6, which permits longitudinal, but prevents rotarymovement of the bolt relatively to the claw. The bolt J carries a handlei and is rotatably mounted in the side wall g of the bolster G by meansof a journal i Figs. 5 and 6, and in the side wall 9 of the bolster bymeans of a sleeve i Fig. 5, and the bolt is capable of axial movement.The sleeve 2' projects into a bore h, Fig. 5, in the claw H and abuts atone end against the washer of a nut 71 on the bolt J and at its otherend against one end of the spring K, whose other end rests against theend wall 7L2 of the bore h. The spring K thus tends to move the bolt Jin an axial direction relatively to the claw H, and this movement islimited by a shoulder i on the bolt. The shoulder i carries an arm '5provided with a pin i extending at a right angle to the arm and adaptedto engage in either of a pair of recesses (9 Figs. 6 and 7, j and 9 Fig.3) in the bolster G, and these means serve to secure the bolt J, andthrough it the claw H, either in the working position, Figs. 1 to 6, orin a position of rest, Fig. 7.

When the securing or lashing device is out of use, the claw H is in theposition shown in- Fig. 7, in which the pin i enga es with the recess 9When it is desired to lash the cradle or secure it relatively to themount D in the traveling position into which it is brought by means ofthe elevating mechanism and the horizontal training mechanism, thehandle i is pulled in the direction to move the bolt J against theaction of the spring K until the pm i is withdrawn from the recess 9 Theclaw H is thereupon turned, through the means of the bolt J, to theposition shown in Figs. 1 to 6, in which the pin i registers with therecess 9 whereupon if the handle i is released the spring K causes thepin i to enter the recess g and the claw H is secured in the workingposition. In this position the claw H, in combination with thechannel-seat of the bolster G, relieves the elevating mechanism and thehorizontal training mechanism of the shocks incident to travel, whilethe arms g of the channel-seat relieve the claw itself of lateralshocks.

The invention may of course also be used in guns which are not providedwith a cradle, the gun-barrel being mounted in a barrel-carrier by meansof a vertical pivot. In such case the breech of the gun-barrel must beprovided with a projection fitting tightly in the channel-seat of thebolster G, and the projection must be provided with a face correspondingto the face a Having described the invention, what we claim as newis- 1. The combination with the mount, the part to be elevated, andelevating and horizontal training mechanisms, of means positivelysecuring the part to be elevated to the mount in such a manner that theparts are revented from moving either vertically or aterally relativelyto one another, and the elevating and horizontal training mechanisms arerelieved of all shock.

2. The combination with the mount, the

part to be elevated and elevating and horizontal training mechanisms, ofa seat on the mount in which the part to be elevated is adapted to fitto hold said part against lateral movement relatively to the mount, andmeans for holding said part in the seat.

3. In a portable gun, means for securing an adjustable part of the gunin the traveling position,comprising a claw swingingly mounted on arelatively fixed part of the gun and adapted to engage said adjustablepart, an axially-movable shaft on which said. claw is mounted, and meanscarried by said shaft and locking and unlocking the claw on the axialmovement of the shaft.

4. In a portable gun, means for securing the adjustable gun-barrel orcradle in the traveling position, comprising a seat in which theadjustable part is confined against lateral movement and a swinging clawadapted to lock the said part in its said seat.

5. In a portable gun, the combination with the mount and the cradle orgun-barrel vertically and horizontally adjustable thereon; of means forfixing the said adjustable member in the traveling position on themount; said means comprising a claw journaled on the mount and adaptedto engage the member to be secured, means for securing the claw in suchengagement, and a channel-seat on the mount in which the member to besecured is held by the claw.

6. In a portable gun, the combination of a mount having a seat, anadjustable cradle or barrel member adapted to rest in said seat when intraveling position, means for locking the adjustable member on its seat,a shaft controlling the locking means, an arm eX- tending from saidshaft, and a pin on said arm having a seat in a relatively fixed part ofthe gun, to hold the shaft against turning; said shaft being axiallymovable to release it and permit its turning movement.

The foregoing specification signed at Dusseldorf this 11th day of May,1905.

OTTO LAUBER. KARL THIELE. In presence of PETER LIEBER,

ERNEST ANDRE.

